Reference:116509 - Revision history

Klaudiusz: Deep audit: clean 116509 gallery and related-reference prose

2026-09-29T09:56:02Z

Deep audit: clean 116509 gallery and related-reference prose

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	<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">		<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
	File:Ref 116509 dial-blue.webp\|alt=Blue dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Blue dial, circa 2005 example — Antiquorum, Hong Kong, 2019		File:Ref 116509 dial-blue.webp\|alt=Blue dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Blue dial, circa 2005 example, Antiquorum, Hong Kong, 2019
	File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|alt=Green chrysoprase dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Green chrysoprase dial — Christie's, New York, 2022		File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|alt=Green chrysoprase dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Green chrysoprase dial, Christie's, New York, 2022
	File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|alt=Turquoise dial with Roman numerals on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Turquoise dial with Roman numerals — Christie's, Dubai, 2023		File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|alt=Turquoise dial with Roman numerals on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Turquoise dial with Roman numerals, Christie's, Dubai, 2023
	File:Ref 116509 dial-sodalite-aph.webp\|alt=Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing — Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2026		File:Ref 116509 dial-sodalite-aph.webp\|alt=Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing, Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2026
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	== Related references ==		== Related references ==

	* [[Reference:116520\|Daytona 116520]] — steel, Calibre 4130		* [[Reference:116520\|Daytona 116520]], steel, Calibre 4130
	* [[Reference:116523\|Daytona 116523]] — Rolesor, Calibre 4130		* [[Reference:116523\|Daytona 116523]], Rolesor, Calibre 4130
	* [[Reference:116528\|Daytona 116528]] — yellow gold, Calibre 4130		* [[Reference:116528\|Daytona 116528]], yellow gold, Calibre 4130
	* [[Reference:116518\|Daytona 116518]] — yellow gold on leather		* [[Reference:116518\|Daytona 116518]], yellow gold on leather
	* [[Reference:16519\|Daytona 16519]] — white gold, Zenith-derived Calibre 4030, leather strap		* [[Reference:16519\|Daytona 16519]], white gold, Zenith-derived Calibre 4030, leather strap
	* [[Reference:116519LN\|Daytona 116519LN]] — white gold, Cerachrom bezel, Oysterflex		* [[Reference:116519LN\|Daytona 116519LN]], white gold, Cerachrom bezel, Oysterflex
	* [[Reference:116506\|Daytona 116506]] — platinum, 50th-anniversary model		* [[Reference:116506\|Daytona 116506]], platinum, 50th-anniversary model

	See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet and clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial-number guide]].		See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet and clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial-number guide]].

Admin: Full reference audit: correct line history, dial evidence, movement notes and bracelet claims

2026-09-25T09:04:00Z

Full reference audit: correct line history, dial evidence, movement notes and bracelet claims

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Klaudiusz: Galleries: convert 1 in-section image cluster(s) to comparison galleries (same files, same captions)

2026-09-07T00:05:13Z

Galleries: convert 1 in-section image cluster(s) to comparison galleries (same files, same captions)

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	The 116509 is the full white gold expression of the in-house Daytona generation, and the only cal 4130 Daytona Rolex shipped on a white gold Oyster bracelet from launch. It arrived in 2004, four years after the 116520, 116523, and 116528 opened the cal 4130 era at Baselworld 2000. White gold 40mm case, engraved white gold tachymetre bezel, white gold Oyster bracelet, the same vertical-clutch column-wheel cal 4130 inside. Production ran nearly twenty years before the 126509 took its place with cal 4131.		The 116509 is the full white gold expression of the in-house Daytona generation, and the only cal 4130 Daytona Rolex shipped on a white gold Oyster bracelet from launch. It arrived in 2004, four years after the 116520, 116523, and 116528 opened the cal 4130 era at Baselworld 2000. White gold 40mm case, engraved white gold tachymetre bezel, white gold Oyster bracelet, the same vertical-clutch column-wheel cal 4130 inside. Production ran nearly twenty years before the 126509 took its place with cal 4131.


	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==
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	=== Meteorite dials ===		=== Meteorite dials ===
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-meteorite.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 meteorite dial\|Meteorite dial with applied Roman numerals — Bonhams New Bond Street, December 2020]]
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-meteorite-detail.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|280px~~\|alt=Widmanstatten pattern on a Rolex Daytona 116509 meteorite dial\|Widmanstätten crystalline pattern at macro — Antiquorum Geneva, November 2022]]		<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
			File:Ref 116509 dial-meteorite.webp\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 meteorite dial\|Meteorite dial with applied Roman numerals — Bonhams New Bond Street, December 2020
			File:Ref 116509 dial-meteorite-detail.webp\|alt=Widmanstatten pattern on a Rolex Daytona 116509 meteorite dial\|Widmanstätten crystalline pattern at macro — Antiquorum Geneva, November 2022
			</gallery>

	The meteorite-dial 116509 is the reference's signature artifact. Each dial is cut from a single iron-nickel meteorite and acid-etched to reveal the Widmanstätten crystalline pattern — a structure that forms only over millions of years of slow cooling in the parent body and cannot be replicated terrestrially. The pattern's geometry is unique to each slice. Antiquorum's Geneva sale of November 2022 catalogued an example first retailed in July 2006, which puts the configuration inside early production and carries it through to discontinuation.		The meteorite-dial 116509 is the reference's signature artifact. Each dial is cut from a single iron-nickel meteorite and acid-etched to reveal the Widmanstätten crystalline pattern — a structure that forms only over millions of years of slow cooling in the parent body and cannot be replicated terrestrially. The pattern's geometry is unique to each slice. Antiquorum's Geneva sale of November 2022 catalogued an example first retailed in July 2006, which puts the configuration inside early production and carries it through to discontinuation.

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	<div class="rp-lead">		<div class="rp-lead">
	[[File:Ref 116509 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=~~Rolex~~ 116509 ~~Daytona~~\|~~Rolex~~ 116509 ~~Daytona~~]]		[[File:Ref 116509 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=116509 in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011\|116509 in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011]]
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	<div class="rp-lead">		<div class="rp-lead">
	[[File:Ref 116509 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=116509 ~~in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011~~\|116509 ~~in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011~~]]		[[File:Ref 116509 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=Rolex 116509 Daytona\|Rolex 116509 Daytona]]
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	<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] › '''116509'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] › '''116509'''</small>

			<div class="rp-lead">
			[[File:Ref 116509 hero.webp\|thumb\|center\|640px\|alt=116509 in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011\|116509 in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011]]
			</div>

	The 116509 is the full white gold expression of the in-house Daytona generation, and the only cal 4130 Daytona Rolex shipped on a white gold Oyster bracelet from launch. It arrived in 2004, four years after the 116520, 116523, and 116528 opened the cal 4130 era at Baselworld 2000. White gold 40mm case, engraved white gold tachymetre bezel, white gold Oyster bracelet, the same vertical-clutch column-wheel cal 4130 inside. Production ran nearly twenty years before the 126509 took its place with cal 4131.		The 116509 is the full white gold expression of the in-house Daytona generation, and the only cal 4130 Daytona Rolex shipped on a white gold Oyster bracelet from launch. It arrived in 2004, four years after the 116520, 116523, and 116528 opened the cal 4130 era at Baselworld 2000. White gold 40mm case, engraved white gold tachymetre bezel, white gold Oyster bracelet, the same vertical-clutch column-wheel cal 4130 inside. Production ran nearly twenty years before the 126509 took its place with cal 4131.

	[[File:Ref 116509 hero.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116509 in 18k white gold with black dial and white gold Oyster bracelet\|116509 in white gold with the black launch dial and white gold Oyster bracelet — Christie's Hong Kong, May 2011]]

	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

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	== Dial map ==		== Dial map ==
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-blue.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 blue dial\|Blue dial, case 2919G249 — Christie's New York, June 2024]]		<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 chrysoprase stone dial\|Chrysoprase stone dial with applied Roman numerals — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2022]]		File:Ref 116509 dial-blue.webp\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 blue dial\|Blue dial, case 2919G249 — Christie's New York, June 2024
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp~~\|thumb\|right\|250px~~\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 turquoise stone dial\|Turquoise stone dial — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2023]]		File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 chrysoprase stone dial\|Chrysoprase stone dial with applied Roman numerals — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2022
			File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 turquoise stone dial\|Turquoise stone dial — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2023
			</gallery>

	The 116509 carries the broadest dial catalogue of any cal 4130 generation reference. Twenty years of production on a single reference number, combined with the white gold case's higher catalogue tier, produced a dial range that runs from sober black to figured stone to diamond-set. Several dials are known from a handful of examples only.		The 116509 carries the broadest dial catalogue of any cal 4130 generation reference. Twenty years of production on a single reference number, combined with the white gold case's higher catalogue tier, produced a dial range that runs from sober black to figured stone to diamond-set. Several dials are known from a handful of examples only.

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	<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] -> '''116509'''</small>		<small>[[Reference:daytona\|Daytona]] › '''116509'''</small>

	The 116509 is the full white gold expression of the in-house Daytona generation, and the only cal 4130 Daytona Rolex shipped on a white gold Oyster bracelet from launch. It arrived in 2004, four years after the 116520, 116523, and 116528 opened the cal 4130 era at Baselworld 2000. White gold 40mm case, engraved white gold tachymetre bezel, white gold Oyster bracelet, the same vertical-clutch column-wheel cal 4130 inside. Production ran nearly twenty years before the 126509 took its place with cal 4131.		The 116509 is the full white gold expression of the in-house Daytona generation, and the only cal 4130 Daytona Rolex shipped on a white gold Oyster bracelet from launch. It arrived in 2004, four years after the 116520, 116523, and 116528 opened the cal 4130 era at Baselworld 2000. White gold 40mm case, engraved white gold tachymetre bezel, white gold Oyster bracelet, the same vertical-clutch column-wheel cal 4130 inside. Production ran nearly twenty years before the 126509 took its place with cal 4131.
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	== Core facts ==		== Core facts ==

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable rp-facts"
	! detail !! value		! detail !! value
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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Rolex 116509 Daytona}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Rolex 116509 Daytona}}
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	\|title=Rolex Daytona 116509 — White Gold on Bracelet, Stone Dials \| ~~BezelBase~~		\|title=Rolex Daytona 116509 — White Gold on Bracelet, Stone Dials \| Rolexopedia
	\|description=Rolex Daytona 116509: the only cal 4130 Daytona built on a white gold Oyster bracelet, produced 2004–2023 with an engraved white gold tachymetre bezel. Dial branches across black, silver, blue, meteorite, chrysoprase, turquoise and sodalite, with the major-house auction record for each.		\|description=Rolex Daytona 116509: the only cal 4130 Daytona built on a white gold Oyster bracelet, produced 2004–2023 with an engraved white gold tachymetre bezel. Dial branches across black, silver, blue, meteorite, chrysoprase, turquoise and sodalite, with the major-house auction record for each.
	\|keywords=Rolex 116509, Daytona 116509, white gold Daytona, cal 4130, meteorite dial, chrysoprase dial, turquoise dial, sodalite APH dial, 78499 bracelet		\|keywords=Rolex 116509, Daytona 116509, white gold Daytona, cal 4130, meteorite dial, chrysoprase dial, turquoise dial, sodalite APH dial, 78499 bracelet

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	== Production outline ==		== Production outline ==
			[[File:Ref 116509 dial-sodalite-aph.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 sodalite dial with diamond indexes\|Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and the APH spacing, circa 2011 — Bonhams Hong Kong, February 2026]]

	Production runs 2004 to roughly 2023, an unusually long run on a single reference number even by Daytona standards. Within that span the watch tracks the same cal 4130 platform revisions as the rest of the gen-1 family — there is no distinct 116509 generation chronology, only the shared movement, lume, and clasp updates that swept across the cal 4130 catalogue.		Production runs 2004 to roughly 2023, an unusually long run on a single reference number even by Daytona standards. Within that span the watch tracks the same cal 4130 platform revisions as the rest of the gen-1 family — there is no distinct 116509 generation chronology, only the shared movement, lume, and clasp updates that swept across the cal 4130 catalogue.
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	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 chrysoprase stone dial\|Chrysoprase stone dial with applied Roman numerals — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2022]]		[[File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 chrysoprase stone dial\|Chrysoprase stone dial with applied Roman numerals — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2022]]
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 turquoise stone dial\|Turquoise stone dial — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2023]]		[[File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 turquoise stone dial\|Turquoise stone dial — Christie's Dubai Edit, October 2023]]
	[[File:Ref 116509 dial-sodalite-aph.webp\|thumb\|right\|250px\|alt=Rolex Daytona 116509 sodalite dial with diamond indexes\|Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and the APH spacing, circa 2011 — Bonhams Hong Kong, February 2026]]

	The 116509 carries the broadest dial catalogue of any cal 4130 generation reference. Twenty years of production on a single reference number, combined with the white gold case's higher catalogue tier, produced a dial range that runs from sober black to figured stone to diamond-set. Several dials are known from a handful of examples only.		The 116509 carries the broadest dial catalogue of any cal 4130 generation reference. Twenty years of production on a single reference number, combined with the white gold case's higher catalogue tier, produced a dial range that runs from sober black to figured stone to diamond-set. Several dials are known from a handful of examples only.

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	<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">		<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
	File:Ref 116509 dial-blue.webp\|alt=Blue dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Blue dial, circa 2005 example — Antiquorum, Hong Kong, 2019		File:Ref 116509 dial-blue.webp\|alt=Blue dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Blue dial, circa 2005 example, Antiquorum, Hong Kong, 2019
	File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|alt=Green chrysoprase dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Green chrysoprase dial — Christie's, New York, 2022		File:Ref 116509 dial-chrysoprase.webp\|alt=Green chrysoprase dial on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Green chrysoprase dial, Christie's, New York, 2022
	File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|alt=Turquoise dial with Roman numerals on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Turquoise dial with Roman numerals — Christie's, Dubai, 2023		File:Ref 116509 dial-turquoise.webp\|alt=Turquoise dial with Roman numerals on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Turquoise dial with Roman numerals, Christie's, Dubai, 2023
	File:Ref 116509 dial-sodalite-aph.webp\|alt=Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing — Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2026		File:Ref 116509 dial-sodalite-aph.webp\|alt=Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing on a Rolex Daytona 116509\|Sodalite dial with diamond-set indexes and APH spacing, Bonhams, Hong Kong, 2026
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	== Related references ==		== Related references ==

	* [[Reference:116520\|Daytona 116520]] — steel, Calibre 4130		* [[Reference:116520\|Daytona 116520]], steel, Calibre 4130
	* [[Reference:116523\|Daytona 116523]] — Rolesor, Calibre 4130		* [[Reference:116523\|Daytona 116523]], Rolesor, Calibre 4130
	* [[Reference:116528\|Daytona 116528]] — yellow gold, Calibre 4130		* [[Reference:116528\|Daytona 116528]], yellow gold, Calibre 4130
	* [[Reference:116518\|Daytona 116518]] — yellow gold on leather		* [[Reference:116518\|Daytona 116518]], yellow gold on leather
	* [[Reference:16519\|Daytona 16519]] — white gold, Zenith-derived Calibre 4030, leather strap		* [[Reference:16519\|Daytona 16519]], white gold, Zenith-derived Calibre 4030, leather strap
	* [[Reference:116519LN\|Daytona 116519LN]] — white gold, Cerachrom bezel, Oysterflex		* [[Reference:116519LN\|Daytona 116519LN]], white gold, Cerachrom bezel, Oysterflex
	* [[Reference:116506\|Daytona 116506]] — platinum, 50th-anniversary model		* [[Reference:116506\|Daytona 116506]], platinum, 50th-anniversary model

	See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet and clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial-number guide]].		See also the [[Reference:daytona\|Daytona family index]], [[Reference:Movements\|movement reference]], [[Reference:Bracelets\|bracelet and clasp guide]], and [[Reference:Serial-numbers\|serial-number guide]].